--==[ SPLAT! v1.2.3 Path Analysis ]==-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transmitter site: w4djw Site location: 34.9676 North / 82.2924 West (34° 58' 3" N / 82° 17' 32" W) Ground elevation: 1003.94 feet AMSL Antenna height: 20.00 feet AGL / 1023.94 feet AMSL Distance to greenville_eoc: 10.25 miles Azimuth to greenville_eoc: 216.56 degrees Elevation angle to greenville_eoc: +0.0638 degrees Elevation angle to the first obstruction: +0.1485 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiver site: greenville_eoc Site location: 34.8484 North / 82.4000 West (34° 50' 54" N / 82° 24' 0" W) Ground elevation: 984.25 feet AMSL Antenna height: 170.00 feet AGL / 1154.25 feet AMSL Antenna height above average terrain: 164.07 feet Distance to w4djw: 10.25 miles Azimuth to w4djw: 36.49 degrees Depression angle to w4djw: -0.2121 degrees Depression angle to the first obstruction: -0.1926 degrees ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Longley-Rice path calculation parameters used in this analysis: Earth's Dielectric Constant: 15.000 Earth's Conductivity: 0.005 Siemens/meter Atmospheric Bending Constant (N-units): 301.000 ppm Frequency: 146.520 MHz Radio Climate: 5 (Continental Temperate) Polarization: 1 (Vertical) Fraction of Situations: 50.0% Fraction of Time: 60.0% Transmitter ERP: 35 Watts ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary for the link between w4djw and greenville_eoc: Free space path loss: 100.13 dB Longley-Rice path loss: 113.94 dB Attenuation due to effects of terrain: 13.81 dB Field strength at greenville_eoc: 52.08 dBuV/meter Voltage produced by a terminated 50 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 107.54 uV Voltage produced by a terminated 75 ohm 0 dBd gain antenna: 131.71 uV Mode of propagation: Single Horizon, Diffraction Dominant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Between greenville_eoc and w4djw, SPLAT! detected obstructions at: 34.9509 N, 82.3075 W, 8.81 miles, 1049.87 feet AMSL Antenna at greenville_eoc must be raised to at least 286.00 feet AGL to clear all obstructions detected by SPLAT! Antenna at greenville_eoc must be raised to at least 2805.00 feet AGL to clear the first Fresnel zone. Antenna at greenville_eoc must be raised to at least 1393.00 feet AGL to clear 60% of the first Fresnel zone.